Jamaal Charles

For months, it has been little more than a curious promotional slogan, an attempt to excite the city about a Special Olympics World Games that many did not quite understand. What exactly did “Reach Up L.A.” mean, anyway? Then, on a deeply powerful Saturday night at the Coliseum, L.A. found out. During the parade of athletes at the World Games' opening ceremony, those with intellectual disabilities and disorders from around the world did a most appropriate, yet nonetheless amazing, thing. They reached up. There was no waving of giant flags, because this isn't about competition between countries. There was no preening of recognizable stars, because this also...

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